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Oregoniidae
Oregonia gracilis Dana, 1851 Far East / North Pacific
Range. “From Bering Sea (Nunivak Island and Commander Islands) to Monterey Bay,
California, and Honshu Island, Japan. Shallow water to 212 fathoms.” [Rathbun, 1925, p. 79].
Among algae. (Doflein) On Zostera marina. (Way) Among eel grass. (Hart) On wharf piling.
(Ricketts and Calvin) The dorsum is covered with numerous hooked hairs which permit
masking with hydroid polyps, etc., affording the animal marked concealment. (Doflein) Often
adorned with sponges, algae, bryozoans, and hydroids. (MacKay) Barnacle-bedecked. (Lenz)
Depth: Shallow water to 212 fathoms. (Rathbun) Specimens examined came from depths of
from 3 to 74 fathoms. [Garth, 1958, p. 139].
Size of carapace. The series at hand includes males ranging in size from 13.5 mm to the 60 mm
specimen measured above and females ranging from 11.3 to 45 mm. Ovigerous females show
great disparity in size, ranging from 11.3 to 44.6 mm. The largest specimen on record is the
65.7 X 39 mm male measured by Rathbun (1925). [Garth, 1958, p. 139].
Oregonia gracilis Dana, 1851
Oregonia gracilis Dana, 1851a, p. 270; 1852, p. 106; atlas, 1855, pl. 3, figs. 2a-c.
Stimpson, 1857b, p. 456. Spence Bate, 1866, p. 269. Lockington, 1877c, p. 74. Miers,
1879c, p. 646.
S. I. Smith, 1880, p. 209. Newcombe, 1893, p. 2 1 ; 1898, p. 76. Rathbun, 1894, p. 59;
1904, p. 171; 1925, p. 71, pis. 24, 25, text-figs. 19, 20. Calman, 1898, p. 260. Walker,
1898, p. 274. Doflein, 1899, p. 183. Holmes, 1900, p. 19. Lenz, 1901, p. 453. Taylor, 1912,
pp. 191, 208. Way, 1917, p. 369, fig. 20. Schmitt, 1921, p. 198, text-figs. 122a, 122b.
Johnson and Snook, 1927, p. 365, text-fig. 315. G. M. Smith, 1928, pp. 164, 165. Yokoya,
1928, p. 765; 1933, p. 141, p. 210. Hart, 1930, p. 105; 1940, p. 97. MacKay, 1931, p. 187;
1944, p. 149, text-fig. 2. Shen, 1932, p. 48, text-figs. 23, 24, 25. Clemens, 1933, p. 51.
Ricketts and Calvin, 1939, p. 249. Stephensen, 1945, p. 218.
Oregonia hirta Dana, 1851a, p. 270; type locality, Puget Sound; type not extant; 1852, p.
107; atlas, 1855, pi. 3, figs. 3a, 3b. Stimpson, 1857b, p. 546. Spence Bate, 1866, p. 269.
Lockington, 1877c, p. 75. Whiteaves, 1878, p. 471.
Oregonia longimana Spence Bate, 1864, p. 663; type locality, Esquimalt Harbor,
Vancouver Island; type in British Museum; 1865, p. 487; 1866, p. 267, pl. facing p. 262,
fig. 5.